Flute solo, John Reynolds - tambourine, Ed Geoghegan - piano, Columbia 33247-F. The first tune is the Wonder Hornpipe, a composition in the key of B Flat of Newcastle fiddler James Hill. Like most Irish musicians Morrison resets the tune into G, as flute players and pipers did with other Hill tunes like the High Level and the Scholar. Morrison's rush up the scale at the end of the first part, followed by his very staccato fifing, is a great moment. An admirer of Morrison once said "He'd put the dance in you, he was that hearty!" The second hornpipe is the ever popular Rights of Man.

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